Metadata: Parchment manuscripts and paper fragments
Collection
- Country:
- Germany
- Holding institution:
- State Archives of Lower Saxony – Wolfenbüttel branch
- Holding institution (official language):
- Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv - Standort Wolfenbüttel
- Postal address:
- Forstweg 2, 38302 Wolfenbüttel
- Phone number:
- +49 5331 935 0
- Reference number:
- 12 Slg
- Title:
- Parchment manuscripts and paper fragments
- Title (official language):
- Pergamenthandschriften und Papierfragmente
- Date(s):
- 800/1599
- Date note:
- 9th-16th century
- Language:
- Hebrew
- Extent:
- 1,500 files
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- This collection includes eight Hebrew fragments, including a Bible manuscript.
- Archival history:
- The collection, which has been growing since the 19th century, consists of medieval manuscript fragments that were used in the early modern period as bindings, covers and folds of official books and records. The largest part comes from liturgical manuscripts of the high and late Middle Ages.
- Subject terms:
- Bible
- Jewish languages
- Jewish languages--Hebrew
- Manuscripts
- System of arrangement:
- There is no system of arrangement. The material is in order of accession.
- Finding aids:
- An online catalogue (Arcinsys) is available.
- Links to finding aids:
- https://www.arcinsys.niedersachsen.de/arcinsys/start.action?oldNodeid=
- Yerusha Network member:
- Institute for the History of German Jews
- Author of the description:
- Meike Buck
